Police investigate multi-million scheme at São Paulo club Juventus amid alleged affairs and intimidation | OneFootball

São Paulo’s traditional club Juventus is being probed over alleged embezzlement and intimidation. According to Globo.com, police are scrutinising payments from a recent SAF sale and a 20-year lease, centring on president Tadeu Deradeli and council chief Carlos Eduardo Gomes Pedroso.

The inquiry sits with the force’s internal affairs, given Pedroso is a police clerk amid claims he threatened rivals and displayed firearms in meetings. Deradeli denies wrongdoing, while Pedroso declined interview and referred questions to the club.

Lawyers Luma Zaffarani and Guilherme Rodrigues are also central. Rodrigues supplied spreadsheets and bank records, admitted taking part until March, then alleged Zaffarani was involved with Pedroso.

He says legal fees on the SAF deal were used to divert money. In December last year R$ 900 thousand was paid, including R$ 341.2 thousand to Pedroso and R$ 224 thousand to Deradeli.

Rodrigues also alleges a R$ 500 thousand advance on the Maple Bear lease in April sent R$ 106 thousand to Deradeli and R$ 369 thousand to Zaffarani and Pedroso. Zaffarani rejects any affair or fee sharing and says she never transferred money to the presidents. Deradeli says the R$ 224 thousand he received was repayment of a financial investment, and Rodrigues adds a further R$ 350 thousand was paid in May 2026.

More than 20 councillors have been suspended or expelled since last year amid complaints of intimidation. The club will not comment on sealed cases and says private matters do not reflect its institutional conduct, stressing responsibility, transparency and respect.

Source: Globo.com

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